The Bar Towel

Speaking of wishful thinking, every beer store in town has the Haker-P Munich Edelhell listed as a stocked item but none have it...when I see it I will buy a couple of cases as I can't rely on the flakey way distribution of craft and import brands are distributed/ordered. Spoken like a true Ontario...

PRMason wrote: This is fun.

Hope the fun of it makes it all the more worth your while, it is a rare event.

As you can see from other comments we're like kids at Christmas waiting for this.

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Wow OF, I read Rob's post and immediately thought of Arkell, which I tried recently in bottle and it was remarkably bland, flavorless stuff. They could work on that. I have had very decent UC draught on tap in recent years, but maybe I was just grateful it wasn't defective. UC used to be really unre...

old faithful wrote:When Sleeman started to brew the Upper Canada beers I found them much better than before.
Gary

Agreed. But different scenario, no?

To that general statement I make an exception for Karlovacko (from Croatia), a quite drinkable lager with an interesting sweet floral note of chrysanthemum. Not every pale beer has to be a symphony of hops.

Being unpasteurized and local it's the sort of thing we really get the best of here in the Toronto area.

I like the tradition of drinking local beers preferentially, as Europeans do - fragile beer behaves best this way.

That would seem fairly logical.

Do you think these marketing shills actually believe the crap that constantly spews from their cakeholes? No, i don't think Marketing Schills actually beleive anything they say, but they make good money for saying it, so if you work for a soulless factory producing beer, you might as well spew soul...

Your first in the Ukraine Peter? I'd like to see more Eastern Europe, farther afield of Prague, my Grandmother's city. Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria. Slavic women are really something else aren't they. As you say the encroachments of Canadian living become readily apparent elsewhere (why should our Joy...

Micros WILL come and go regardless, the niche always gets filled. I agree people are making so much of this - I only compulsively bought UrBock recently because it was 'pre-Molson', aside from liking it better than the lager and I'd miss it the odd time. But Creemore's NOT my go-to beer, and besides...

Man, I could go for a good mushroom pasta. (Fairly Tuscan I hope.)

Thanks for the tips, JerCraigs,

JK.

I agree - the last Urbock I bought recently was great, it's not Weltenburger but then not every beer has to be! I found it really special. And it had enough gentleness to appeal to a large audience, just as it us, unchanged, 'un-frankenbeered.' We are so afraid of change yet change happens whether o...

Since we're discussing Caffe Volo, BeerBistro etc, ...can you comment on what you consider standout or 'regular go-to' items from any the food menus? There's no accounting for taste but clearly some items (like the Bistro burger) are so popular and it's always better to order your $12 beer with some...

Yeah, Winter Bok has kind of a harsh malt & honey funk profile, not bad, but not really good either! I like challenging beers though & I have some 18 month old bottles so I'll see how it's maturing if it is. Not exactly a flavor I race to the cellar to enjoy.